One Central Campus student is poised to finish his freshman year in the Central Campus Aviation Technology Academy, though he first worked in the aircraft industry more than half a century ago.
Richard Link, 76, is from Maxwell, Iowa, and graduated from high school in 1960.
"I was the first of six siblings to get my diploma," he said. "Our parents grew up riding to school on horseback.”
After time spent at Ellsworth Junior College and serving in the military, Link first worked in the aircraft industry in 1966 when Boeing hired him as a toolmaker. Link married Linda, an East High graduate, and the couple have two children, four grandchildren and even a great-grandchild.
Now, he volunteers at the Iowa Aviation Heritage Museum in Ankeny and wants to learn more about aircraft maintenance.
Those accomplishments did not stop him from wanting to add more to his list. Link, currently a freshman, joined the Central Campus aviation program in January, after hearing about it on social media.
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